Understanding basis risk in insurance contracts

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      <subfield code="a">Basis andbasis risk are familiar terms  in financial risk management. This article explores in much more detail the basis risk idea tailored to the idiosyncrasies of insurance contracts. It discuss the fundamental differences between financial hedge contracts and insurance contracts. After an analkysis of how the mangnitude of insurance contract basis risk can be manipulated will be presented followed by a detailed hypothetical example </subfield>
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